CSC-Award granted to Dr. Mingchao Wang and Dr. Shunqi Xu

Mingchao Wang and Shunqi Xu, postdoctoral researchers in the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at TU Dresden, were selected to receive the "2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad" by the China Scholarship Council. Congratulations!

Dr. Wang received his doctorate degree from Prof. Xinliang Feng’s group at TU Dresden in January 2021. His PhD study focused on the Phthalocyanine-Based Two-Dimensional Carbon-Rich Conjugated Frameworks.

Dr. Xu received his doctorate degree from Prof. Xinliang Feng’s group at TU Dresden in December 2020. His PhD study focused on the Cyano-substituted Two-dimensional Sp2-carbon-linked Conjugated Polymers.

This award recognizes their work for their PhD at Prof. Feng’s group.

The Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad was established by the China Scholarship Council in 2003 and aims at rewarding the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students studying overseas. It is considered to be the highest award given by the Chinese government to graduate students studying aboard. Only those with outstanding performance in their PhD studies will be considered by the award panel and no more than 500 young talents will be granted the award each year all over the world.